Exorcist pleads not guilty to battery charge over alleged incident during relics tour February 3, 2025By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News Father Carlos Martins, a known exorcist and co-host of “The Exorcist Files” podcast, pleaded not guilty Jan. 27 in an Illinois court to a misdemeanor charge of battery over an alleged incident that took place during a national relic tour.
Pope will prepare papal document to help church promote children’s rights February 3, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Wrapping up a Vatican summit on the rights of children, Pope Francis announced he was going to publish a papal document dedicated to children.
Ceasefire overshadows Gaza’s humanitarian crisis, pontifical charity says February 3, 2025By Susan Korah OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News The long-awaited and elusive ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has silenced bombs and halted air raids on the Gaza Strip, for the time being, but the humanitarian situation there is dire, the regional director of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association reported.
Pope to Ukrainian youth: Remember your heroes, forgive your enemies February 3, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Forgiving others is never easy, and it is even more difficult in a situation of war, but it is essential, Pope Francis told Ukrainian young adults.
Radio Interview: Catholic Men’s Spirituality February 3, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Marriage & Family Life, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talked with two experts on Catholic Men’s Spirituality to get their take on how best to encourage and support men looking to develop and enhance their Catholic faith, so they can be better men, able to serve others, whether as husbands, fathers, priests or single lay men.
Presentation in the temple shows how God lives among us, pope says February 3, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The presentation of Jesus in the temple of Jerusalem shows that God’s closeness to humanity is not confined to a place of worship but is manifested in his living among people, Pope Francis said.
Nothing is worth sacrificing the life of a child, pope tells world leaders February 3, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News It is unacceptable that a child’s right to life and a dignified childhood should be sacrificed to “the idols” of power, profit, ideology and nationalistic self-interest, Pope Francis told a group of world experts and leaders.
Archbishop Pérez calls for prayer after medical jet crash in Philadelphia February 3, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia is calling for prayer, saying his “heart sank” after learning of a fatal air crash in that city Jan. 31, just two days after a midair collision between a commercial jet and an Army helicopter near a Washington airport killed 67.
St. John the Evangelist in Severna Park undergoing dramatic renovation February 3, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News After years of planning, St. John the Evangelist Church in Severna Park is undergoing extensive renovations that will give the house of worship a completely new look and an opportunity to highlight its patron saint.
AI must serve, not replace, teacher-student relationship, Vatican says February 2, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Schools, Vatican, World News The use of artificial intelligence in schools must not threaten “the indispensable relationship between teacher and student” that lies at the heart of education, the Vatican said.
New N.Y. law seen as big step in ‘rooting out exploitation’ in fashion industry February 2, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Catholic Social Teaching, News, World News The Fashion Workers Act, signed into law Dec. 21 by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, takes effect in June. It will afford models a host of employment safeguards in an industry where many say they have previously felt mute and isolated.
For 125 years, society has had a mission to produce Catholic resources for the blind February 2, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Disabilities Ministry, Feature, News, World News The Xavier Society for the Blind is celebrating 125 years of helping generations of Catholics, either blind or vision-impaired, participate in worship through braille texts, large-type books and audio books.
